diff --git a/source/handbook/product/index.html.md.erb b/source/handbook/product/index.html.md.erb
index eb8d09dd6865a3e3ad0764cb9b1ae83cdfa5d310..41984edca5efb0d60e665c35ab40c0cd7671561d 100644
--- a/source/handbook/product/index.html.md.erb
+++ b/source/handbook/product/index.html.md.erb
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ Documentation on how to make changes to stages, groups, and categories, as well
After a change has been [approved](categories/#changes), we may need to [globally optimize](../values/#global-optimization) during the initial transition period, and ensure that important issues are not blocked.
-There are three common scenarios which may encounter these transition periods:
+There are three common scenarios we may encounter during these transition periods:
* Splitting a Stage into multiple Groups
* Changing the Categories in a Stage
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ As the DRI for prioritization, it is the Product Manager's job to prioritize for
when it is needed. You should do so by ensuring you prioritize a deliverable, and its dependencies,
so that it can reasonable by expected to be delivered by any committed dates.
-#### Prioritizing for Global Optimization
+#### Headcount Resets
{: #prioritize-global}
Individual product managers must consider, and advocate for [global optimizations](/handbook/values/#results)
@@ -1271,6 +1271,9 @@ review and refinement. If a global optimization which spans beyond your
Department leaders is required, then the Senior Director of Engineering, VP of
Product, and VP of Engineering should be pinged.
+Please note: this now called a "Headcount Reset" because it shifts team members from one team to another, and can have signficant opportunity costs.
+Taking people who are familiar with a task and putting them on a new, unfamiliar task instead of new hires (who are also not familiar with the task) is inefficient.
+
##### Exit Plan
The following exit plan is an initial attempt to spell out when and how the loaned engineers will be released to their original teams. A new hire is expected to be brought up to speed in this context. The plan will be iterated and amended as necessary.